Shopping for lifestyle acceptance?

MoonHowler

Is this woman  (yea, Fox News again) really this uninformed?  Do we really have to shop around for people who accept our lifestyle?

What if you didn’t want orthodox Jews in your place?  How about senior citizens?    Are there two sides to the Arizona issue?

Yes, I know it is a done deal in Arizona.  However, there are other states that are trying to legislate similar laws that allow business owners to refuse service to gays based on their religious beliefs.  The Arizona bill went down in swift defeat not because of men of good will but because of the economic pressure directed at the government.   Not all states have Arizona’s tourism attractions though.   Will any of them be successful?

Behind the scenes at Moonhowlings: When the story becomes the story

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Yesterday’s story actually became the story.  Most of our contributors know that there is a certain decorum around here and nearly everyone goes along with it without question.  I think all of our ‘in moderations’ have even been turned loose and that we all agree that the rules around here really aren’t so bad.  Hell, we even let people cuss and more than a few people last week used a socially inappropriate word or two without having to sit in the naughty chair.

One of the major rules here is about county employees.  I went back through the thread and its comments just to make sure that *I* had adhered to our own rules.  I think I did.  I think I urged others to do the same.  We also encourage people to be respectful of each other as much as is humanly possible during political debate.  That extends to name calling.

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The City and the abortion clinic: past, present and future

MoonHowler

So a certain councilman in the City of Manassas has decided to take on the City Council, single-handedly, and regulate Amethyst Health Center.  By whose authority?  Mr. Aveni, do you know that abortion is a legal procedure in all 50 states in the United States?  Why are you trying to bankrupt the very city that you live in?  Manassas should not become a lawsuit magnet.

The owner of the Amethyst  Health Center will close the clinic when she is ready to close it, or, she will sell it.  You cannot not stand in her way or alter her course.  She will topple you like a house of cards while she smiles.  The City of Manassas will be sued unless you all regulate all the other outpatient facilities the same way.  That would include your plastic surgeons, your gastroenterologists, your oral surgeons, your urologists, and any other medical practice that performs surgery.

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